Bearing Witness to Epiphany
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In this probing sequel to the popular and award-winning Human Experience, John Russon asks, "What is it to be a person?" The answer: the key to our humanity lies in our sexuality, where we experience the freedom to shape identities creatively in cooperation with another. With grace and philosophical rigor, Russon shows that an exploration of sexuality not only illuminates the psychological dimensions of our interpersonal lives but also provides the basis for a new approach to ethics and politics. Responsibilities toward others, he contends, develop alongside our personal growth. Bearing Witness to Epiphany brings to light the essential relationship between ethical and political bonds and the development of our powers of expression, leading to a substantial study of the nature and role of art in human life.
John Russon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph and the author of Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life, also published by SUNY Press.
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John Russon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Guelph and the author of Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life, also published by SUNY Press.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Epiphany of the Real
1. Initiations: On Method
Rhythm
The Music of Everyday Life
Wonder
The Bodily a Priori
2. Ambiguity: On Metaphysics
The Body
Perception
Attitude
Marks
Others
Our World
3. Learning and Insight: On Epistemology
Insight
Learning as Growth
Humanity and Tragedy
Humanity and Learning
Humanity and Art
Imperatives
Witnessing
Part II. Bearing Witness
4. Responsibility: On Ethics
Sexuality
Sexuality and Responsibility
The Growth of Interpersonal Responsibility
The Ethical Field
Honesty and Betrayal
Property and Universality
Property and Honesty
Property and Creation
Art, Philosophy, and the Imperative to the World
5. Art and Philosophy
Polytemporality and Self-Transformation
Art in Human Development
Property and Self-Transformation
Reality
Honesty
Justice
Bibliography
Index
